Herm Edwards, Joe Horn have taken Saints’ road to playoffs

this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; NEW ORLEANS — Herm Edwards has seen it happen before.
So has Joe Horn, or at least something close to it.
Edwards was the coach of the 2002 New York Jets, one of five NFL teams since 1990 which started ...

Edwards was the coach of the 2002 New York Jets, one of five NFL teams since 1990 which started the season 1-4 but still make the playoffs.

Horn was the top receiver for the 2000 Saints, who started their season 1-3 before they won five straight and wound up 10-6, winning the NFC West along with the first playoff game in the franchise’s history.

And both see it possible for the 1-4 Saints of 2012 to make a similar turnaround.

Horn, as might be expected, is the more optimistic of the two.

“It’s not what your record is,” said Horn, who played for the Saints from 2000-06. “It’s all about the guys in the locker room.

“They know they’ve got a mountain to climb, but it’s like Drew Brees said, you do it rock by rock. Those guys still believe in themselves.”